Brad Pitt made a splash in 1991's Thelma & Louise - a role which almost went to George Clooney. "So, I was in TV. I was making a good living, but back then actors would say, 'Well, I'm a film actor - I just happen to be doing TV,'" Clooney, 64, told The Times of London in a Saturday, November 29, profile. "I got to the final test for a role in Thelma & Louise. And, mother****er, Brad got it." In the 1991 film, a pair of best friends (played by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon) set out on an adventure that ends with them being hunted by the police. Pitt, 61, got his big break playing J.D.